KGO AM is a commercial radio station licensed to San Francisco, California, and owned by Cumulus Media.
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14 Facts About KGO AM
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Since October 2022, KGO AM has broadcast a sports talk format with an emphasis on sports betting; it is one of three sports stations owned by Cumulus Media in the San Francisco Bay Area, along with KNBR AM–FM and KTCT.
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KGO AM was first known as the "Sunset Station" since it was General Electric's West Coast outlet.
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In 1941, stations on 790, including WGY and KGO AM, were moved to 810 to comply with the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement .
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KGO AM became one of the founding stations of the ABC Radio Network as a result.
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KGO AM was instrumental in bringing the first exercise show to broadcasting, hosted by Jack LaLanne, a fitness instructor and gym operator in nearby Oakland.
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LaLanne conducted his radio fitness show for many years on KGO AM, moving in the late 1950s to KGO AM-TV and a successful TV syndication career.
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KGO AM started carrying Paul Harvey's twice-daily programs but began to develop a strong local news staff that produced extended morning and afternoon newscasts.
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Over 30 years, from July 1978 to January 2009, KGO AM was the number-one station in the San Francisco Bay Area in the Arbitron ratings, a feat unmatched by any other station in the United States.
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When KGO AM switched to all-news in December 2011, it fell further behind in the local ratings.
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KGO AM's signal is received essentially free of static at night in locations such as Vancouver, Washington, Seattle, Washington and San Diego, but is difficult to receive in Reno, Nevada, and other points east of the Sierra Nevada mountains due to its signal directionality.
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KGO AM dropped Leo Laporte's weekend syndicated tech talk program in the format change.
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On that day, KGO AM launched a sports talk format emphasizing sports betting, branded as "810 The Spread"; the new format has no local programming, and the station's schedule is primarily sourced from the BetQL and CBS Sports Radio networks, serving as a complement to sister sports stations KNBR-FM and KTCT.
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KGO AM was the radio broadcast home for the San Francisco 49ers football team from 1987 to 2005.
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